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Am I the only one who hate fandoms?

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    DedwrekkaDedwrekka Metal Hell adjacentRegistered User regular
    Seg wrote: »
    Is the upcoming Firefly Online game a fandom thing?

    I guess? But, it's also got the license from Fox, so maybe not?

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    vsovevsove ....also yes. Registered User regular
    OH, I HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT FANDOMS.

    (seriously though they're mostly pretty cool)

    WATCH THIS SPACE.
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    PerrsunPerrsun Registered User regular
    I wouldn't say that I hate fandoms, but there are certain brands/IPs that I feel are overexposed. Like, I don't watch Doctor Who, but I've been exposed to so much of it from fans themselves or companies trying to sell to those fans that I get references from episodes I've never seen, and it's causing dissonance.

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    Mortal SkyMortal Sky queer punk hedge witchRegistered User regular
    vsove wrote: »
    OH, I HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT FANDOMS.

    (seriously though they're mostly pretty cool)

    Just in case you needed to know, the Bioware fandom on tumblr, at least as far as I've seen from the 600-odd people I follow, is pretty well behaved for its size.

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    SeriouslySeriously Registered User regular
    Seg wrote: »
    Is the upcoming Firefly Online game a fandom thing?

    this probably isn't nearly as ridiculous as I am imagining

    which is why I'm not going to check

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    ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    Man I really don't like all the dictation after the fact that Rowling has done

    It comes off as weird and posessive

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    StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    I still haven't seen Firefly

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    SeriouslySeriously Registered User regular
    it's fine

    the dialogue gets kinda ridiculous with all the affectations


    the movie was enjoyable

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    ZayZay yes i am zay Registered User regular
    whenever something has a big obsessive fandom i know to avoid it

    such as firefly, doctor who, my posts

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    Mortal SkyMortal Sky queer punk hedge witchRegistered User regular
    Firefly's length is just right, honestly. Never overstays its welcome.

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    kaceypkaceyp we stayed bright as lightning we sang loud as thunderRegistered User regular
    Solar wrote: »
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    General... Butt... Naked?

    He was a guy who fought in the Liberian Civil War

    he often went into battle naked other than a gun and a pair of trainers hence the non de guerre

    He was, well, he committed some horrific acts both before and during the war

    afterwards he repented all his sins, became a priest, and now preaches non violence and anti-cannibalism, and seems to truly believe what he did was awful

    point is, nobody is beyond redemption

    I am not sure that I realized that the Book of Mormon character was actually based on a real person. Interesting.

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    JayKaosJayKaos Registered User regular
    Mortal Sky wrote: »
    Firefly's length is just right, honestly. Never overstays its welcome.

    Unlike its fandom. Hiyoooooo!

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    StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    Solar wrote: »
    afterwards he repented all his sins, became a priest, and now preaches non violence and anti-cannibalism
    Wow, fuck that guy!
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    Rear Admiral ChocoRear Admiral Choco I wanna be an owl, Jerry! Owl York CityRegistered User regular
    oh god the sonic fandom

    *cold sweats*

    *hugs knees to chest*

    how did sonic only come up in this thread now...

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    StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    gotta go fast

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    TamTam Registered User regular
    I just heard Locomotive Breath (yes for the first time shut up)
    I'm not sure if it's a good song
    But I fucking love it and I will start a new Jethro Tull fandom right now

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    Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
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    relevant

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    AshcroftAshcroft LOL The PayloadRegistered User regular
    I drew a lot of terrible pictures of Sonic The Hedgehog when I was 13. Not rude or anything, just, awful.

    Luckily, back then there was no internet to save that for all of eternity.

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    WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    edited February 2015
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    So

    So this show is actually good is what you're telling me

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    StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    It's actually a pretty solid show

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    StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
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    SolarSolar Registered User regular
    Solar wrote: »
    afterwards he repented all his sins, became a priest, and now preaches non violence and anti-cannibalism
    Wow, fuck that guy!
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    He preaches non-cannibalism because he was a cannibal and lots of people he knows are cannibals are currently in the Liberian government

    It's pretty fascinating to read about, though obviously pretty fucked up as well. I won't repeat any of the specifics here because, well, they're horrible

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    TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    Wyborn wrote: »
    [setup]

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    So

    So this show is actually good is what you're telling me

    as it turns out, yeah, it's not bad

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    MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    really? i've watched several episodes and i don't think it's that good. it's not the worst, and probably better than the game

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    turtleantturtleant Gunpla Dad is the best.Registered User regular
    Saying something is better than Sonic Boom the game is pretty much just saying "yep that exists".

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    SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    One year I showed up at Megacon at 10am and left at 5 pm and the Homestuck crew was doing their photoshoot from before I arrived until after I left

    There was a sea of ridiculousness

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    MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    turtleant wrote: »
    Saying something is better than Sonic Boom the game is pretty much just saying "yep that exists".

    and it does.

    this checks out.

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    Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited February 2015
    yeah, yeah i generally try to veer away from anything approaching fandom. i think if there was any sort of shared fan experience i got really into? breaking bad. yeah. i was all over that. i think ive seen every episode four times a piece.

    im gonna see better call saul as soon as it airs.

    as far as being a fan of a thing, i dont know if i get attached enough to something. i appreciate things differently than in my teens, which sorta seems like the baseline of a fandom? and the downside of kinda...railing against a fandom is the very real possibility of becoming the thing you supposedly hate in the near future. like, furry shit? railed against that. i dont uh, like it outside of porn but you know i was all about shitting on that and now im like lets yiff dude, yiff all over my face my dude. yiff all over my OC's face, yiff on our meticulously collected star wars figures from Kenner

    there are fandoms im sort of over, but then maybe its not my thing i guess. like, sherlock. i dont get it. i enjoy the show, but that is not part and parcel reason enough to start a benedict cumberbatch cock worship club. supernatural? don't get it

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    ZayZay yes i am zay Registered User regular
    you gotta be dty

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    JohnHamJohnHam Registered User regular
    Thinking about fandom makes me think about religion which seems ridiculous but is also exactly apropos at the same time.

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    theSquidtheSquid Sydney, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    One time my friends heard that there is a cinema that does monthly screenings of The Room where you're allowed to boo etc. to your hearts content. What the fuck, right? Get to laugh and boo out loud at a stupid movie.

    And a bunch of us hadn't seen it but we knew bits and pieces about how terrible it was so we went.

    And what we got was this weird microcosm fan club that literally handed out a sheet of in jokes to everyone to yell out during the movie along with a bunch of plastic spoons to throw at the screen. And to be clear, these guys comprised 90% of the audience. Like it was clear they've been going to the same show for months.

    So basically it was a bunch of nerds screaming out a bunch of memes they'd made up every 20 seconds through a movie that didn't need any help being awful.

    Fandoms are weird.

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    SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    theSquid wrote: »
    One time my friends heard that there is a cinema that does monthly screenings of The Room where you're allowed to boo etc. to your hearts content. What the fuck, right? Get to laugh and boo out loud at a stupid movie.

    And a bunch of us hadn't seen it but we knew bits and pieces about how terrible it was so we went.

    And what we got was this weird microcosm fan club that literally handed out a sheet of in jokes to everyone to yell out during the movie along with a bunch of plastic spoons to throw at the screen. And to be clear, these guys comprised 90% of the audience. Like it was clear they've been going to the same show for months.

    So basically it was a bunch of nerds screaming out a bunch of memes they'd made up every 20 seconds through a movie that didn't need any help being awful.

    Fandoms are weird.

    What are they, Rocky Horror rejects?

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    StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    vsove wrote: »
    OH, I HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT FANDOMS.

    (seriously though they're mostly pretty cool)

    Tell us your Tali stories, vsove.

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    DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    Firefly got a lot less appealing when I realized that Jayne is essentially Adam Baldwin

    no, not ACTED BY

    IS

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    The Otaku SuppositoryThe Otaku Suppository Bawstan New EnglandRegistered User regular
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Snape was a complex guy

    Snapewives. That is all.

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    ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    Spiner Femmes.

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    The Otaku SuppositoryThe Otaku Suppository Bawstan New EnglandRegistered User regular
    edited February 2015
    I feel like a thread such as this should provide at least a glimpse into the hellmouth at which you are probing.

    Greatest hits

    And then there's

    For those who wish to delve too deep into the mines

    The Otaku Suppository on
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    Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    i feel like the only fandom with uh, massive, massive sway is like the star wars folks. ya'll shamed george lucas out of star wars.

    imagine the scope of that shit

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    Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    theSquid wrote: »
    One time my friends heard that there is a cinema that does monthly screenings of The Room where you're allowed to boo etc. to your hearts content. What the fuck, right? Get to laugh and boo out loud at a stupid movie.

    And a bunch of us hadn't seen it but we knew bits and pieces about how terrible it was so we went.

    And what we got was this weird microcosm fan club that literally handed out a sheet of in jokes to everyone to yell out during the movie along with a bunch of plastic spoons to throw at the screen. And to be clear, these guys comprised 90% of the audience. Like it was clear they've been going to the same show for months.

    So basically it was a bunch of nerds screaming out a bunch of memes they'd made up every 20 seconds through a movie that didn't need any help being awful.

    Fandoms are weird.

    SPOOOOOOOOOOOOON!

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